Unemployment

Buying Itself Out of a Recession: Countries Ask How Germany Avoided Mass Unemployment Buying Itself Out of a Recession Countries Ask How Germany Avoided Mass Unemployment Germany, second only to China as the world's leading exporter of...

In this article: Germany, Recession, Christian Democratic Union, United States, and Palatinate

German consumer confidence down THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING BERLIN-Consumer confidence in Germany, Europe's largest economy, fell for the second month in a row amid fears of rising unemployment and a drop in income...

In this article: All rights reserved, E mail, Europe, Germany, and Associated Press

...25 2009 17:59 Germany will extend a temporary subsidy for companies that retain redundant workers for another year, underlining the new government's concern about a possible sharp rise in unemployment in the coming months. Yet the cabinet,...

In this article: Germany and Angela Merkel

Germany extends short-work program THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING BERLIN-Germany on Wednesday extended until the end of 2010 a government program that allows companies to put workers on shorter work hours in an effort to...

In this article: Germany, Franz Josef Jung, Angela Merkel, Europe, and Berlin

...sector still aren't solved. "As a realist, one has to assume that next year, here in Germany, banks will see more charges to their balance sheets because of the effects of rising corporate insolvencies and unemployment," Schaeuble said.

In this article: Jean-Claude Trichet, Wolfgang Schaeuble, Frankfurt, Balance sheet, Inflation, Credit crunch, and Germany

...as it was excessively based on construction. He also called for reforms in the labour market, without which he warned Spain faced a long period of high unemployment. Spain accounts for just three percent of "high-quality"...

In this article: Spain, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Europe, Recession, Credit crunch, Socialist Party, Bank of Spain, and European Union

Paul Krugman: Germany's Jobs, Unemployment Miracle Can Teach US New York Times: Germany's jobs miracle hasn't received much attention in this country -- but it's real, it's striking, and it raises serious questions about whether the U.S....

In this article: Germany, Ben S. Bernanke, Federal Reserve, Barack Obama, Paul Krugman, Washington, New York, New York, and Suicide

Britain, facing soaring unemployment and public debt caused by the financial crisis, will hold an election by mid-2010, which Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Labour government is tipped to lose to the main opposition Conservatives.

In this article: Recession, United Kingdom, London, Labour, and Gordon Brown